Fort Bragg Major Murdered In Fayetteville Home

WRAL News (Raleigh, NC) ^ | July 23, 2002 | WRAL Staff

[Constitution Day]

A murder investigation is under way after an Army officer from Fort Bragg was found shot to death in his Fayetteville home.

Special Operations Major David Shannon, 40, was found dead in his home around 3 a.m. Tuesday. Police said he was found in a back bedroom and had been shot in the chest and head.

[Constitution Day]

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[PatrioticAmerican]

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[Constitution Day]

BTTT

[wimpycat]

Hopefully it won't take long to figure out who the shooter is.

[Constitution Day]

I suppose that the wife is the prime suspect?
If not, though, this story sounds very odd.

[wimpycat]

Well, I didn't want to say anything right off, but the spouse is always the very first person you want to eliminate as a suspect. If it's her, I don't think it will be too hard to figure that out.

[Constitution Day]

Yes, I know.

My wife's favorite TV shows & books are "true crime", so I hear all about that secondhand.

[Fred Mertz]

What the heck is going on down there?

[Constitution Day]

Pingers, would you kindly hit your lists?

[palo verde]

I don't get it Fred
was it suicide
intruder doesn't ring right for me
I don't know what is going on there
maybe this summer emotions are heating up too much
Love, Palo

[Savage Beast]

Nowadays, the first thing that occurs to me is a Muslim terrorist infiltrator.

I know. I know. "Don't go overboard."

But we are at war, and Islamists do consider murder to be "serving Allah".

[TADSLOS]

What the heck is going on down there?

Heat, humidity and a full moon are factors in FayetteNam.

[Squantos]

Three soldiers are accused of killing their wives; Shannon is the first to become a victim. ......

Only way for 3 people to keep a secret is if two of em are dead........

Shannons "wife" being alive says he wasn't one of the three suspect soldiers IMHO. If he was involved with the investigation in any manner then one of the three "suspects" is still suspect. Or last but not least the wife or someone who just didn't want the guy breathing anymore took advantage of current events to muddy up the investigative waters per se........

Just my view from a 100 miles away on the Lazy Boy recliner of course :o) Yeah that's my alibi !

Stay Safe !

[Constitution Day]

That's the first thing I thought of too.

His posting at Special Operations Command raised a red flag for me.
Maybe it's nothing more than a murder... maybe not.

[SauronOfMordor]

What the heck is going on down there?

A few SF guys coming back from Afghan and discovering what their wives have been up to while they were gone?

[Wu]

Sounds like a double tap.......professional?

[madvlad]

My God!!!

And Cottonade used to be such a nice subdivision!

Mad Vlad

[FR_addict]

I don't think this one is going to be the wife, since their kids were home at the time and also a friend of one of the children was spending the night. Sounds like older children. Someone could have gotten up and seen her.
I think it's going to turn out to be an intruder.

[Howlin]

My wife's favorite TV shows & books are "true crime", so I hear all about that secondhand.

We need to get together; my husband swears I am trying to find the perfect way to do him in!

As to this story, did I hear on the news that all these guys have been to Afghanistan?

[Constitution Day]

We need to get together; my husband swears I am trying to find the perfect way to do him in!

LMAO! I didn't want to say so earlier, but I have told Mrs. CD that if I was ever killed she would be the main suspect.
You see, she's been studying "techniques" for quite a while! 8^)

As to this story, did I hear on the news that all these guys have been to Afghanistan?

Yes, I think I also heard that, but not sure.

[Don Myers]

"A few SF guys coming back from Afghan and discovering what their wives have been up to while they were gone?"

That would be my quess.

[VadeRetro]

How many suicides shoot themselves twice? Chest and head?

I may not be impossible but I doubt it happens a lot.

[Dante3]

You've a point.

[Republicus2001]

ritual murder cf. Berkowitz

[MeekOneGOP]

Fort Bragg Major Murdered In Fayetteville Home

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[wimpycat]

We need to get together; my husband swears I am trying to find the perfect way to do him in!

We need to get together! One of the only shows Mr. Wimpycat and I watch on a regular basis is "The New Detectives" on the Discovery Channel.

[palo verde]

good point
but there are only 3 choices, suicide, wife did it
or outsider
I dont think outsider did it
I dont think wife did it
so even tho suicide seems impossible, I'm going with that one
Love, Palo

[christine]

cd, as per your request PING!

[Constitution Day]

Thanks to you both!

FRegards,
CD

[palo verde]

hi christine
nice to c u
please offer my love to poster on LP whose dog went to heaven last night
I lurk on LP but dont post there
thank you
Love, Palo

(my whole heart is with him, I've been in the shoes he's in now, I pray for his comforting)

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

Joan Shannon told police she woke to the sound of two gun shots and saw an intruder leaving the home.

I wonder if the intruder was a woman wearing a floppy hat and chanting "Kill the Pigs".

Anybody remember Jeffrey MacDonald (the case that the book and miniseries "Fatal Vision" was based on)? I believe he was a Green Beret stationed at Fort Bragg, back in the early seventies (or maybe late sixties).

[palo verde]

hi Wu
I never thought of professional
you have good mind
I still think it is suicide tho, but don't know how he did it

he may have wanted his wife and family to get life insurance
so found way for appearance to suggest other
Love, Palo

[SteamshipTime]

If that were the case, they'd leave a calling card to publicize their success. The terrorist's whole purpose is defeated if he or she acts covertly.

[wimpycat]

Oh, yes I remember that case. Well, I don't really "remember" it, since I was just a tot back in 1970, but I read "Fatal Vision". Jeffrey McDonald reminds me a lot of OJ Simpson, as far as personalities go.

[RISU]

also know as Fatalburg, and for obvious reasons...

[MeekOneGOP]

Thank you for posting this.
It will be interesting to find out the whodunnit here.
I hope they find the murderer soon.

[Constitution Day]

Thanks Meek.

Something doesn't seem quite right about this.
I'll ping you when I find out more.

[Red Jones]

i don't know where to look on that site for whatever you saw.

when the soviet union existed they learned how to get individuals to murder people on command. When testing the subjects to see how effective they were they would bring the subject's best friend in and sit them together. Then they would tell the subject to kill his friend, then he would pick up a gun on the table and kill him.

Wasn't it Fort Bragg a few years ago that had the suspicious deaths of soldiers during training exercises?

[Bandolier]

Looks like a small epidemic of bulletitis. There are a lot of possibilities here, but without more info, we're all shooting in the dark.

More info on the men's military assignments might be helpful, if anyone can find anything.

[from occupied ga]

Probably murdered by the Fayette Cong

[palo verde]

Hi CD
I went to your link but could not find Shannon's post
can you direct me to it
or post gist of what he said
thanks

[Constitution Day]

I didn't mean his "posting" like a comment on the internet, I meant his "posting" like he was physically posted at the SOC by the Army.

You know, as in "don't desert your post".

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks. I'd appreciate it!

[andysandmikesmom]

My husband was stationed at Ft. Bragg in the late 70s and early 80s...I think we got there just after the Jeffrey McDonald incident...

One of the men in my husbands unit went berserk, and raped and killed his girlfriend...he will be in jail for the rest of his life...

A month before we were to be transfered to Ft. Lewis Washington, some creep broke into our house in the middle of the night, while I and my kids were there, and stole my purse....my son heard someone in the house, got up, and saw the intruder...luckily for us, the creep appears to have been unarmed, and just ran away, toting my purse...he never was caught...

[TC Rider]

Oh, yes I remember that case. Well, I don't really "remember" it, since I was just a tot back in 1970, but I read "Fatal Vision". Jeffrey McDonald reminds me a lot of OJ Simpson, as far as personalities go.

We have friends who tell us how women would line the sidewalk in front of the Federal Courthouse in Raleigh to catch a glimpse of the guy.

[Savage Beast]

"If that were the case, they'd leave a calling card to publicize their success. The terrorist's whole purpose is defeated if he or she acts covertly."

I'm not so sure. I suspect that covert terrorist attacks were carried out before September 11 and have not yet been fully recognized as such--e.g. unexplained plane crashes, "accidental" deaths, et al. Terrorist attacks could (and perhaps did) remain covert as experimental preparations for future attacks, to eliminate specific individuals, or for other reasons. Furthermore, claims and boasting could follow at some later time.

[VadeRetro]

so even tho suicide seems impossible, I'm going with that one

Forensics should be clearcut if he shot himself. (Twice!)

Powder residues on his hand. Handgun lying nearby or still in his hand. Powder traces and burn marks on the entry wounds.

[takenoprisoner]

More details needed of course. But from the looks of things, this soldier was hit. Who and why?

[palo verde]

Hi Vade
yes, you are right
we haven't heard any evidence yet

professional is usually when someone doesn't pay back the money they borrowed (or owed)
I always thought Versace was professional
and I think false trail is laid to fall guy when it's professional

my own intuition is this is not professional
Love, Palo